Zoner Photo Studio


GPS from a track log

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Please note that ZPS is using online maps extensively and therefore needs a fast internet connection. On very slow connections timeouts might occur causing unexpected behaviour.

Step One: Select all images and launch a GPS assignment dialog from Information | GPS | Assign GPS Data.

Step Two: Select a map in which all GPS positions will be displayed. If you have a Google account, you can choose Google map and you'll be asked to login so a special mapplet can be registered. Once you do so, you'll see the mapplet in a list on the left as you can see on a screenshot below. Now you can minimize the list. You might notice that a special marker appeared on the map. You can click on any position in the map and the marker will move to that position, transfering GPS information from Google Maps to appropriate fields in the GPS dialog.
If you don't have a Google account or don't want to register the mapplet, choose Custom Link as a map. Google maps will be displayed without the marker and with some additional limitations.

Step Three: Click on Read Data from GPS Track Log and select a file with a track log. If your track log file format isn't supported by the application you can convert it with a third party application to a GPX format. Once a track log is successfully loaded, a Number of records, First record time and Last record time are displayed in the dialog.

Step Four: Using a picture from a know place set Time correction so a time from a digital camera and from a GPS track log match exactly. Once this is done, you can click on any of the thumbnails and map will display a correct position according the track log. To save the information for all images just press Apply to All. If you want to adjust position for every image, you can do so in Latitude and Longitude fields and save information with Apply image after image. You can also paste coordinates from a clipboard if you will be able to get them there in a compatible format.

Step Five: Once you return to a Browse window again a small globe will be visible on each thumbnail. You can use it to for a quick access to a map with images position.

Step Six (voluntary): Once an image has a GPS position assigned, you can use it on many places throughout the Zoner Photo Studio. One of them is an Image Information dialog, where you can let the application fill in Image Origins by clicking on Get Information Online.